The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Chaplain would like for students, faculty, and staff to be aware of a broad range of religious observances.
Faculty should consider the manner in which holy days might impact student class attendance or their ability to complete assignments on respective due dates. Administrative and Academic Units, as well as Student Organizations, should consider holy days when scheduling department-wide or university-wide events and programming.
Students interested in holy day accommodations for class and lab assignments, attendance, or athletic practice/competition should contact faculty or coaches well in advance with such requests. Students can utilize the Religious Holy Day Accommodation Email Template to reach out to faculty, staff, or coaches, etc.
Below is a list of holy days observed by many students, staff, and faculty members in our community. You can find detailed descriptions of the Holy Days here. This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Consequently, please direct suggestions for accommodations to the Chaplain’s Office.
2022 Date(s) | Holiday | Faith |
---|---|---|
January 7 | Feast of the Nativity** | Orthodox Christian |
January 18 | Buddhist New Year | Buddhism |
January 10 | Bodhi Day | Buddhism |
February 1 | Lunar New Year | Buddhism |
March 2 | Ash Wednesday | Christian |
March 2-April 14 | Lent | Christian |
March 19 | Holi | Hinduism/Sikhism/Buddhism/Jainism |
April 1-30* | Ramadan | Islamic |
April 10 | Palm Sunday | Christian |
April 15 | Good/Holy Friday** | Christian |
April 15-April 23* | Passover (Pesach)** | Judaism |
April 17 | Easter** | Christian |
April 24 | Pascha** | Orthodox Christian |
April 27-28* | Yom HaShoah | Judaism |
May 2-3* | Eid-al-Fitr** | Islamic |
May 6 | Vesak (Buddha Day) | Buddhism |
June 4-6* | Shavuot | Judaism |
June 21 | Summer Solstice | Traditions across the world |
July 9-13* | Eid al-Adha** | Islamic |
August 7-8* | Ashura** | Islamic |
August 15 | Feast of Assumption | Roman Catholic |
September 25-27* | Rosh Hashanah ** | Judaism |
September 26-5 | Navarati | Hinduism |
October 4-5* | Yom Kippur** | Judaism |
October 9-16* | Sukkot | Judaism |
October 9-November 8 | Kathin | Theravada Buddhist |
October 24 | Diwali | Hinduism/Sikhism/Jainism |
December 18-26* | Hanukkah | Judaism |
December 21 | Winter Solstice | Traditions across the world |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | Christian |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Christian |
December 26-January 1 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith |
* Jewish and Islamic observances begin at sundown the evening before the date listed
** Holy days on which absence from work or school is common